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If you need a fast way to catch up on The Walking Dead before the new season starts, let comedian John Cleese school you on all the show's major plot points - in just over four minutes.

In a new online video, the legendary comedian narrates the last six seasons of the AMC horror-drama with his typical dry British humour, offering up some comedy gold as he describes the characters struggling to survive the zombie apocalypse.

In one colourful soundbite, Cleese describes sword-swinging badass Michonne as "Slicey Magee" and calls The Governor "Patchy Pete" who was "the bad guy triple threat: Eye patch, jazzy nickname...fish tank full of heads."

For those who don't have time to watch a Walking Dead marathon, this might be the next best thing.